Category: War

  • Taliban Monkey Marksmen Trained To Attack American Troops

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GIl4zKrV8[/youtube] According to China’s People’s Daily Online, the Taliban have taught monkeys to recognize U.S. Military uniforms and shoot at the soldiers using AK-47s, Bren machine guns, and mortars. Full Story – HERE Ugh, lets hope there are no splinter cells here at zoos in the United States. :P On the plus side, i’m pretty confident…

  • IED Hunters In Afghanistan

    JELUWAR, AFGHANISTAN – JULY 07: Rounds of .50 caliber ammunition sit in an MRAP vehicle with U.S. Army Task Force Thor Route Clearance Patrol from 23rd Engineering Company, Airborne before a day-long route clearance mission July 7, 2010 in Jeluwar, Afghanistan. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Full photoset – HERE Looks like it would be…

  • Superheroes In Wartime Photographs

    An interesting project by Indonesian artist Agan Harahap. The full gallery with 12 more pictures – HERE They are all pretty awesome, I had trouble deciding on which one to use in this post.

  • Living Photographs Formed By Thousands Of U.S. Soldiers

    Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass ornaments, thousands of military troops…

  • Photos From Afghanistan (June 2010)

    A member of the Afghan National Police (ANP) watches as US soldiers of the 97th MP Battalion (not pictured) search the site of a Taliban weapons cache in Kandahar City on June 14, 2010 discovered after an informant contacted NATO forces in the area. As usual, Big Picture delivers. Check out the full set – HERE

  • Army Medevac in Afghanistan

    A soldier shields himself from rotor wash as a U.S. Army MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow takes off from a field after picking up wounded Afghan National Army soldiers June 22, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Full photo set – HERE